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Israel president to meet Labour ministers on visit to UK next week
Isaac Herzog's visit follows multiple senior Israeli officials' trips amid ongoing Gaza conflict and UK plans to recognize Palestinian statehood at the UN, straining relations.
- Next Thursday, Israeli president Isaac Herzog is due to visit London, just days before Britain is expected to recognise Palestinian statehood later this month, and he plans to meet ministers though Downing Street hasn't confirmed.
- The government’s recognition threat rests on conditions including a ceasefire and non-annexation, with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy stating the government will act later this month if Israeli ministers proceed with annexation.
- More quietly, military cooperation has continued with exemptions for UK parts for F-35 fighter jets, secret surveillance flights aiding hostage rescue, and discreet visits by Herzi Halevi and Gideon Saar granted immunity.
- Those developments have added to already frayed diplomatic ties as an arrest warrant was sought over Gideon Saar's UK visit, days after detaining Labour MPs Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the UK of siding with Hamas.
- Herzog’s record of supporting military operations colors the visit, with his earlier controversial remarks and the series of trips by senior Israeli officials to the UK amid Gaza's campaign.
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Isaac Herzog will be in Britain on Wednesday and Thursday, according to The Guardian. Downing Street has declined to comment, only saying it would set out any visits “in the normal way”. Labour’s Sarah Champion is among the MPs to have voiced their opposition to any such plans, suggesting it will undermine the government’s condemnation of Israel’s actions in Gaza. The Rotherham MP, who chairs the International Development Select Committee, said:…
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